[WhatsApp] News ... Reviews & Impressions!

[P_1]

So finally wait was over yesterday when whatsapp released much awaited update for WP. Though there are no major features added but it still its better to get something than nothing. There are some cosmetic changes added to the update which is really nice. However I wish they will continue the streak with regular updates for WP and add new features.

 

[Futra Hurairah Salleh]

1. Seems faster, seriously. (loading, resuming, choosing attachments/photos/etc)
2. Emoji scroll orientation has changed, and it is the smoothest ever!
3. Group chats can mute for 1 YEAR. Lol (heard some lenovo phones can go up to 1 century, wtf?)
4. Different background images for every individual chats and/or group chats. Awesome! First for whatsapp, and it's on WP.
5. Fonts seems slightly smaller = sharper? Love it this way, more conversations can be seen.
6. Tapping on the person's name within the conversation will bring up his/her info. (is this new?)
7. Chat info will highlight the whatsapp number the person is using (if he/she has multiple numbers stored in its contacts)
8. Better battery utilization? Seems less drainage than prev version.

* I'm downloading this app manually, saving it for future side load.. just incase future updates mess things up. By far, this is the best non-beta version on 8.1

 

[ajcletus500]

Noticed that media downloaded thru WhatsApp now gets saved in the WhatsApp album rather than the Other album

 

[AV2RY]

I read many of you said it actually works faster, IDK mine when I launch from start screen takes few seconds to open. Black background with Loading... shows up first

 

[P1ng0fDeath]

mine too, probably because i have a 512mb device

 

[Chris_Germany]

If it is still slow, try to install it again...i did it and its very fast. Instant !

 

[P1ng0fDeath]

tried it and soft reset, not slow but not instant either
don't know if it has anything to do with my lagging start screen (i'm using 3 columns on a 520)...

 

[Arpit Mittal]

Have anyone noticed WhatsApp can be downloaded to SD Card on phone with latest update, I am using Lumia 720 with Lumia cyan on wp8.1 without dpp.

 

[BatteryLife]

Haven't noticed any speed increase after update (opening of app). But the speaker hissing issue has been solved.

Picture scrolling and emoji scrolling is very smooth. Photo caption works very well.

 

[j3reun]

Have anyone noticed WhatsApp can be downloaded to SD Card on phone with latest update, I am using Lumia 720 with Lumia cyan on wp8.1 without dpp.

wow that is really good news! Other can confirm this?

 

[Ashish Gupta888]

wow that is really good news! Other can confirm this?

I confirm.

 

[Chris_Germany]

tried it and soft reset, not slow but not instant either
don't know if it has anything to do with my lagging start screen (i'm using 3 columns on a 520)...

520 is a slow Phone....!

 

[melvintwj]

So this showed up on Cortana:
http://m.softpedia.com/whatsapp-on-windows-phone-silent-battery-killer-463756.html

Any comments guys?

 

[Naren Parker]

WhatsApp noob here. Can anyone tell me how to invite contacts to join groups even if I am not the admin of that group? My friends on other OS's have been able to do that without a problem. Any option /setting I've missed or WP version is yet to get that feature?

 

[Memitim]

WhatsApp noob here. Can anyone tell me how to invite contacts to join groups even if I am not the admin of that group? My friends on other OS's have been able to do that without a problem. Any option /setting I've missed or WP version is yet to get that feature?

Just tested now on Android. You cannot add participants to a group if you're not an admin

 

[P1ng0fDeath]

520 is a slow Phone....!

and the one I could afford at the time

 

[androidtoWM]

Does anyone know how i can transfer my chat history to a new device ? I looked under Documents for backup file but it's not there.

 

[safeer2222]

It is available in sd card>Whatsapp>backup

 

[androidtoWM]

It is available in sd card>Whatsapp>backup

I've a L920 which doesn't have an SD card.

 

[rohitsars]

Hey friends, from today morning my WhatsApp is not opening. The brightness of WhatsApp live tile had got deemed(low), as compared to all other live tiles.

I even tried to open it through "Cortana", but then too its not opening.

After this I searched for WhatsApp on store; WhatsApp was found but there were no options of "view and share" at bottom.